Archive for 'ECO'

Pak-Iran Relations: The Changing Scenario

Posted on05. Mar, 2012 by .

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“Neither brothers nor neighbours can be changed, Iran is both to Pakistan. If not an enemy, America is not a friend either who keeps her interest supreme; America is an arrogant capitalist country where every relationship is equated with money.” Raja Mujtaba By Dr Raja Muhammad Khan In this highly globalized and interdependent world, at [...]

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Pakistan and the Economic Block

Posted on10. Jan, 2012 by .

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Our grouping with the Muslim na­tions westward and in Central Asia goes beyond survival to a life surge while in SAARC we are entombed into the secular non-Muslim lap of India. By Tarik Jan Should Pakistan strive for an active economic block with Central and Middle Eastern states or it let itself submerge in the [...]

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Smashing Greater Central Asia – Part IV

Posted on31. Dec, 2011 by .

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Some evil thoughts!

Smashing Systematically By Peter Chamberlin The pipeline wars are real wars, in that two or more nations are ordering their civilian and military foot soldiers, on a daily basis, into life or death contests to the finish.  For the United States, it is a contest which must be won, if we are to survive, according [...]

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Smashing Greater Central Asia- art III

Posted on12. Dec, 2011 by .

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Phantom Threats By Peter Chamberlin Representatives from all of the secret agencies of the Stans, except for Turkmenistan, have come together in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to identify a common threat in Central Asia, emanating from a non-existent terrorist underground (SEE: Secret services say about the presence in Central Asia, domestic extremist underground).  This consensus on a common [...]

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Pakistan-Turkmenistan: Looking For New Horizons

Posted on20. Nov, 2011 by .

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Defence & Diplomacy ECO with a population of 440 million, is not a small market, the US that is a considered a big consumer market is 300 million. If the countries are given a free hand by the outside forces, the economy, culture, trade, communication, industry etc can be augmented and integrated for the mutual [...]

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Turkey Rising To Its Past Glory!

Posted on17. Oct, 2011 by .

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Turkey On The Rise!

By Ayesha Villalobos Turkey is excessively dynamic and extremely huge to remain static to such a position. Turkey is a global force to reckon with; it is becoming or at least acting as a global power in the making. An exceptional one for that matter for the three reasons: Because it is the only great [...]

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TURKEY A ROLE MODEL!

Posted on19. Jun, 2011 by .

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Erdogan and his wife

Air Commodore ® KhaIid Iqbal Within less than a decade Turkey has really turned around in almost all strategic aspects. In 2002, it suffered from almost all the ills that Pakistan is facing today. A sinking economy, political instability, ‘junta’ dominated civil-military equation and polarized society were the hall-marks of Turkey. It prided itself with [...]

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Pakistan-Iran RELATIONS!

Posted on03. Jan, 2011 by .

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By Air Commodore Khalid Iqbal:
People of Pakistan will never forget the gestures of the Supreme Leader and the people of Iran. Pakistani people stand shoulder to shoulder with their Iranian brethren in their campaign against terrorism. Hopefully, the issue would be resolved between the two neighbourly countries to the chagrin of those who wish to see tense relations between the two countries. Therefore it is essential that both the countries meticulously side step the land mines being laid by our common ill-wishers.

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TAPI: The Desired Essence

Posted on12. Dec, 2010 by .

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By Dr Raja M Khan:
Another significance of the project would be that a huge number of human resources would be committed during the construction of the pipeline and even thereafter on monitoring, storage and security related and miscellaneous duties. As per estimate, over 12,000 jobs would be created for the Afghan people only during the pipeline construction. This would provide employments to the people in their respective areas, thus substantially reducing the unemployment in these countries.

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IRAN: Diplomacy of Brotherhood

Posted on15. Aug, 2010 by .

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Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan By Kourosh Ziabari The trilateral summit of the Presidents of three Persian-speaking countries of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan wrapped up on August 5 in Tehran and recorded another unforgettable event in the memory of the three brother nations. With innumerable cultural, religious, social, lingual and strategic commonalities, the three countries of [...]

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